I met a couple from there in 2004 (A carpenter and a hairdresser) when I was diving on the barrier reef - apparently they suffer from lack of vitimin D in the winter months and loose thier short term memory....so get sent to the sunniest climes to be found on thier time off - places like the barrier reef....

I looked at a vacancy for this job a few years ago and the pay was much better. It seems relatively low now considering the responsibility you have. I suppose the accomodation and experience would more than make up for it though :-)

Thirty five years ago I had the application forms to fill in to go down and patch their sheds up, I completed the forms then never posted them as I thought I was in love with a lovely young girl, with hind sight I should have posted the forms!

A friend of mine who is also an electrician spent a couple of years down there after answering an ad in the Daily Mirror of all places.

He said their principle duties were to ensure the generators kept going. Nothing too strenuous - the rest of his time was spent skiddew racing across the ice packs to alleviate the endless boredom!

He did love it though.

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